Hardy Memorial Playing Field
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Hardy Memorial Playing Field
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 30 Apr 2011
The main recreational playing area in Franklands Village located to the rear of the village hall. It is also home to Franklands Village FC who were formed in 1956 and joined Sussex County Division Three in 1983 where they largely stayed until resigning from the league in 2004 having been forced to move away from the ground due to a change in FA ground rules. They have now returned and play in the Mid Sussex League. Franklands Village is a model village built in the 1930s in order to create housing for a fair economic rent. Built on the site of Franklands Wood, which was originally part of the parish of Wivelsfield until transferred to Haywards Heath in 1934, the community consists of two roads, Graveleye Lane, on the right, which runs south to north, and Reed Pond Walk, on the left, which loops around in semi circle rejoining Graveleye Lane further up. Facilities include a purpose built shop, a large village hall, a playing field and a church. The Franklands Village Housing Association still let a considerable number of houses today all of which have their own gardens.
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